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If Evergreen resident Dan Maes succeeds in getting elected governor of Colorado, he would immediately lay off 4,000 state workers, downsize government, undo all Bill Ritter’s energy/environment rules and try to bring back the traditional oil and gas businesses.

At a regular monthly meeting of the Evergreen Conifer Tea Party on Jan. 11 at the Evergreen Public Library, Maes boldly outlined his conservative credo of self-reliance, small government, lower taxes, traditional family, immigration enforcement, home-school vouchers and the sanctity of life.

Never underestimate the compassion first-graders have for other children.

After hearing about the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the first-graders in Sue Queen's class at Wilmot Elementary School decided to send their extra school supplies to help first-graders in Haiti.

Queen explains that the students have been learning about weather, so recently they've seen a lot of pictures about floods, tornadoes and other weather-related events. Last week, they saw pictures of the results of the earthquake in Haiti.

Due in part to the cancellation of Conifer’s tournament, the annual Evergreen Invitational grew to 21 teams as coach Lane Williams welcomed in some of the teams that were left without a place to wrestle.

More teams meant more wrestlers for the first time in several years. But it also meant more competition and deeper brackets that almost all had multiple state placers lurking.

Nothing helps a team get over a tough loss to a division rival better than beating up on another division rival in their home gym.

For the Evergreen Cougars, it was nice to get the bitter taste of defeat out of their system as the beat up on Jeffco 4A League foe D’Evelyn 54-43 on Jan. 12.

The Cougars (9-3), coming off a tough loss at home to Conifer, used their defense to shut down the unconventional Jaguar offense and also used their size to gain an advantage on offense and on the boards.

Never underestimate the compassion first-graders have for other children.

After hearing about the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the first-graders in Sue Queen’s class at Wilmot Elementary School decided to send their extra school supplies to help first-graders in Haiti.

Queen explains that the students have been learning about weather, so recently they’ve seen a lot of pictures about floods, tornadoes and other weather-related events. Last week, they saw pictures of the results of the earthquake in Haiti.

The Colorado Haiti Project, which has numerous ties to Evergreen/Conifer area churches, has information that Father Kesner Gracia, and his family are safe.

However, there is still no word from any of the 53 employees at the St. Paul mission 80 miles west of Port-au-Prince. Reports have said the area has been significantly damaged. A 15-member CHP medical mission team that was scheduled to depart for Petit Trou de Nippes from Colorado on Jan. 14 has delayed its planned trip indefinitely.

It is the beginning of a new year. I keep falling behind in things I must do, and one of them is this article. With the long holiday period, I am completely confused, and now I realize this article is late. I apologize, but it is difficult to keep the days straight. So, my New Year’s resolution is to try to get each article in on time. If some week it doesn’t appear, just realize I haven’t met my deadline and the newspaper has, quite rightfully, gone to press without it. I shall try to do better.

As I write this column, I’m looking at an online Denver Post story announcing that my friend and former colleague in the state House, Kathleen Curry, has renounced her affiliation with the Democratic Party and is now officially “independent.” It comes as a surprise only insofar as sitting elected officials rarely leave their parties. That said, Curry, who hails from Gunnison, has always had an independent streak.

There is nothing quite like starting the new year standing chest deep in 33-degree water. Regardless of what happens in 2010, everything else should seem like a walk on the beach.

After years of covering the annual Evergreen Lake plunge, I finally had the guts to participate. I made the decision to jump several weeks ago, but it wasn’t until I was standing on the edge of a hole cut through 20 inches of ice that I was fully committed. With a giant step forward, I leapt into the icy water.